Opinion
Commentary, editorials and opinion pieces.
Concerns about Vandaveer property planning(1)
We’ve heard members of the Non-Profit 63-20 board explain how hard they have been working to create the Natural Resource Center. I appreciate their efforts, but they are about to borrow $4.2 million, with our land as collateral.
“Thriller” dance training for roller derby halftime show(0)
Community members, parents and children are encouraged to attend rehearsals on Friday, October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th from 4-5:00pm at CEDE Dance Studio, 300 (the new Pilates Studio, whereThird Street ends, across the Highway) W. Hwy 291. Performers will be part of the Ark Valley High Rollers Vampires vs. Zombies Season Closer on Saturday, October 29th.
YOU’LL KILL THE PROJECT! Notes from the Planning Commission Meeting(10)
Welcome to the recap of Monday’s Planning and Zoning meeting. My name is Bill Smith and I’ll be your curmudgeon for this week’s recap. Fun things on the agenda – big doins’ out at Vandeveer and that means a lot more people at these meeting for the public comment period than usual.
No standardized testing for Colorado kids(3)
Our kids are spending far too much time taking standardized tests and not enough time learning. Teachers are being forced to spend day after day drilling their students on rote memorization and test prep.
Home-Waters fly fishing farewells the canyon…(0)
As the water level drops, and fall takes hold in the valley, we float Browns Canyon on last time.
Inon Barnatan, master pianist plays in Salida(0)
Widely acclaimed pianist Inon Barnatan will perform varied selections of music from the 17th Century to the present in the final concert of the Salida Aspen Concert series at 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 12 in Held Auditorium at 10th and D Streets.
Hey Brother Can You Spare a Kidney?(2)
It’s been a while. I have thought about this post for a long time. Losing sleep about it. In fairness, a lot of things have caused me to lose sleep lately, but it feels like this post has waited to burst out of me.
Debt Ceiling Crisis Bologna(7)
How crazy and desperate our political gridlock has become; we are now a country divided by an ideological gulf. Grover Norquist and his ilk have created a sinister fiction that too many Americans have taken to heart as A Great Truth: that all taxation is bad, and government steals from Americans and provides no value.
The History Sleuth(2)
What store is currently in the building that once housed one of Salida’s nicest saloons back in the early 1900′s? (Hint- don’t look up)
How I met a fugitive(4)
They say timing is everything and today it was. A man robbed the bank at gunpoint. He walked out on foot with a bag of money and a gun.
How should Chaffee County handle concealed handgun permits?(5)
Sheriff Pete Palmer shares his interchange with Colorado Gun Training to start a dialog with the community about internet based certification.
Bank of the West robbery(10)
Word on the street this morning is that Bank of the West was robbed by a bicycle-riding bandit.
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